signed, as far as related to the electorate, as did also the Landgrave
of Hesse Cassel. Moreover, the court of Sweden, and the Protestant
cantons of Switzerland, recognised the French republic, as well as its
dependency the Batavian republic, that is, the United States of Holland.

TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND RUSSIA, ETC.

Ever since the commencement of the war, great exertions had been made
to bring the Empress of Russia into the coalition. That sovereign had
an instinctive dread of the French revolution and its principles; but
imagining that she had but little to gain by becoming a party to the war
in the west of Europe, she constantly declined joining the allies. At
length, however, on the 18th of February, she was induced to consent to
a treaty of defensive alliance with Great Britain; in which treaty,
the contracting parties guaranteed to each other all their dominions,
territories, &c, as well such as they actually possessed, or might
hereafter acquire, by treaty; and agreed, that in case of one of
them being attacked by sea or land, the other was immediately to send
succour: Russia was to send land troops to the aid of Great Britain, to
the number of 10,000 infantry and 2,000 horse, and Great Britain was
to send a squadron of twelve ships of the line to the aid of Russia.
A treaty of defensive alliance, upon the same principles, was also
concluded between the Emperor of Germany and England, the succours on
either side, in case of attack made, being 20,000 foot and 6,000 horse.
But these treaties meant little more than that Russia might, at some
time, require the assistance of an English fleet, and that Austria
would require an English subsidy. Equally unprofitable to England was a
treaty, or agreement, entered into at the close of this year, with the
infidel and piratic Dey of Algiers. This last treaty originated with Sir
Gilbert Elliot, the viceroy of George III. at Corsica. There had been
for a long time a mortal hatred existing between the Corsicans and the
Algerines; and Sir Gilbert Elliot wished to conciliate the latter. By
this treaty, the Algerines were to be permitted to carry their prizes
into the forts of Corsica, and to sell them there; whilst the Corsicans
were to be permitted to frequent the African coast for the coral
fishery, &c, on condition that the Viceroy of Corsica should pay to the
Dey of Algiers 179,000 piastres, and a further sum of 24,000 piastres
for a cargo of grain which had been t